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In reply to the discussion: Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahah when draft dodgers aren't draft dodgers!! [View all]el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)4. It's a tribal thing
Their tribe did it so it must be bad so we must describe it in bad terms. They are bad. We are good.
Simple.
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Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahah when draft dodgers aren't draft dodgers!! [View all]
malaise
Mar 2013
OP
Part of the official reasoning for the draft was that it spurred voluntary enlistments in the USAF
alcibiades_mystery
Mar 2013
#9
I joined the Navy in 71 and volunteered for Submarine duty to try and avoid being sent to Vietnam.
Ganja Ninja
Mar 2013
#11
My serial # did not become my SS number until I had been in for a couple of years
Bandit
Mar 2013
#22
Chickenhawks: Those who support the wars but avoid the risk of fighting in them.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2013
#20
The American people no longer care about draft dodgers or military service.
former9thward
Mar 2013
#35